Kart ID Help, WHAT IS IT?

[ted johnson]

When you do get it cleaned up and painted, get rid of the four cycle engine and find a 580 West Bend or a Clinton A400/490 or E-65. Vintage karts need two cycle power. 580's show up on eBay fairly often, as do the A400 and 490 Clintons. Parts can still be found here and there. Most Hoffcos were a light metallic blue, some were a non-metallic light blue, a few were red. Yours was obviously metallic blue. They were built in Richmond, Indiana. Ted